Thanx a lot for the help.
As suggested, I used 'if (request.getParameter("val") != null &&
request.getParameter("val").equals("1"))' and it works beautifully. Wonder
what else here(JSP/Java) is very different from the other programming
languages!?!
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike McKechnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Divya M A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Using query string values in JSP
> > if (request.getParameter("val") == "1")
>
> In Java, the '==' operator does an identity comparison -- that is, two
> object references are equal only if they refer to the same object.
>
> To lexically compare two strings, do something like:
>
> if (request.getParameter("val") != null &&
> request.getParameter("val").equals("1"))
> {
> ...
> }
>
>
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